Arnold Gives "24 Hour" Time To Get Fit!
Arnold and 24 Hour Fitness Combine Forces!
Reported By: TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Friday, February 10, 2006

Teens are getting help off the couch and into physical fitness with the teaming of 24 Hour Fitness Facilities and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. 24 Hour Fitness is offering almost an entire semester of workout time to those teens who make a commitment to physical health, but so far very few local students are taking advantage of the new program.

According to Kenny Rogers of the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, high school students from 14 years old to 18 can sign up online to take the four-week governor challenge.

The program is part of Schwarzenegger's plan on battling the ever growing problem of obesity in children.

In September Schwarzenegger held a summit on health and fitness. The chief executive officer of 24 Hour Fitness, Mark Mastrov, attended that meeting and made a commitment to support the Girls and Boys Clubs and to the governor through this free teen pass program, Rogers said. The hopes of the program is to get teens into a healthy habit of working out.

To register high school students, go online to www.calgovcouncil.org/register, sign up to take the four-week Governor's Challenge and print the free "Teen Fitness Pass." Free passes can be picked up at 24 Hour Fitness facilities between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.